Sumac
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Sumac
- From: "* L* S* <4*@www1.utech.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 18:48:14 -0800
> rprandall@agric.wa.gov.au writes:
> >Anything plants that can grown unaided in the middle of a big city without any care probably deserve more than to be just labled a "weed" eh?...
>
> This reminds me, I was watching a Home Improvement show on TV a while ago, and they showed this segment on refurbishing old tenements in NYC. In this empty lot next door were all these sumac plants (at least i think they were).
They may have been sumacs (Rhus) but more than likely, I think the
"weedy trees" were the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) or, as it is
still affectionately known as in that part of the world, "the tree that
grew in Brooklyn".
Joe Seals
garden@utech.net
